Stationary washstand.



E. P. GAYLORD.

STATIONARY WASHSTAND.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4. 1914.

Patented Mar. 13, 1917.

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STATIONARY WASHSTAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lVIar. 13, 1917.

Application filed February 4, 1914. Serial N 0. 816,407.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN P. GAYLORD, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Stationary Washstands; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

lily invention relates to stationary wash stands, with reference moreparticularly to the type of device that is employed in hotels and otherpublic places where it is desirable to provide a series of basins toaccommodate a number of people at one time, and it is my purpose toafford a construction that can be used in this manner, and will occupy aminimum amount of floor space, while at the same time affording ampleroom for the persons using the stand. A further purpose of my inventionis to provide a sanitary device, whereby the basin is selfcleaning inits operation, and fresh clean water is furnished continuously at apoint most convenient to the user. A further object of my inventionresides in providing a construction that readily enables the flow ofwater to be controlled by foot instead of by hand, as in the usualstationary wash basin, thus leaving the hands free. To these and otherends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations ofparts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novelfeatures being pointed out in the claim at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of a basin and standardconstructed in accord ance with my invention, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 11*1l of Fig. 1.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several figures indicate thesame parts.

In the present embodiment of my invention A designates inlet pipesleading to the bottom of the basin for conducting hot and thus enablingone to cold water, which is discharged upwardly from the bottom afterthe manner of a small spout. A is a passage formed at one side, andconnecting the hollow standard A with the discharge opening A, and withthe overflow opening A The hollow standard A is connected with a. hollowbase portion C to which leads a waste pipe connection C Each inlet portis controlled by a spring actuated valve C adapted to be operated in amanner which I will now describe, C is an air chamber connected with theinlet passages C by means of openings C The valves C are normally heldclosed by means of springs C and are adapted to be opened by footoperated devices in the following manner.

Connected to each valve stem is a lever D which is loosely pivoted at D'and connected at its opposite end by means of a pin D with a treadle orother suitable foot engaging device D*. It will be observed that thevalve operating instrumentalities are arranged so that the foot engagingdevices are adjacent or in juxtaposition to each other, control both hotand cold water at the same time, and to obtain a supply of bothsimultaneously if desired.

By having the water inlets disposed at the bottom of each basin anddischarging in a vertical direction, there is a constant supply of freshclean water at a point most convenient to the hands of the user, and inthe preferred manner of using the device there is a'continual dischargeat A which carries off all of the dirt and grease, and maintains thebasin in a clean state constantly. The structure affords an extremelycompact and eflicient device for the purposes contemplated, and onewhich is particularly efiicient in places where the space available mustbe utilized to the greatest possible extent, without detracting fromconvenience and comfort in the use of the apparatus.

I claim as my invention:

The combination with a stationary wash basin having a discharge openingabove the bottom and a passage leading from said opening to a pointbelow the bottom, of a hollow standard supporting the basin andconstituting a discharge with which the aforesaid passage communicates,an inlet pipe arranged Within said standard and extending to the bottomof the basin so as to direct a flow of Water upwardly from the bottom ina vertical direction, a Valve controlling the inlet pipe and footoperated means at the base of said standard cooperating With said valve.i

EDWIN P. GAYLORD.

Witnesses:

H. E. STQNEBRAKER, l RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Batents, Washington, D. G.

